“It’s going to be a night to remember, Sam,” Charlie said kissing me softly on the lips.
Charlie and I had been friends since middle school; I’d told Charlie my darkest secrets and he had told me his too, but now I realise he never told me the biggest one.
“You look gorgeous, Charlie,” I said smiling. His natural brown hair was wavy and his eyes looked brighter than ever. They were greenish almost grey; he had pink lips, and one dimple that only played in his right cheek when I made him chuckle.
“You look stunning too,” he grabbed my hand and I took a picture of us.
“Look at us, we are going to a cheesy prom ball,” He said smiling.
“But tomorrow we are leaving forever Charlie, the pain is going forever. I can’t wait to live my happy ending with you.”
I could feel Charlie’s eyes getting watery or brighter; I didn’t even know why. He was happy, I guess?
“Together, forever…” he said, and I finished, “and always.”
I kissed him.
Prom was going amazing; although I wasn’t the girly type I was happy and excited for that night. Charlie and I got loads of pictures together. We danced for like two hours straight, and when it was the last dance I lost sight of Charlie.
I dialled Charlie’s number but he didn’t pick it up. Suddenly loads of ideas started to get to my mind. Where did Charlie go? Why did he leave? Was he okay? Wasn’t this supposed to be the best night ever?
“Think Samantha, where could Charlie possibly go?” I asked myself, thinking about everything Charlie liked, everything that Charlie had told me, the places he loved; the roof!
I ran upstairs, my feet burning in the heels, and the pain almost unbearable; I finally arrived and saw Charlie standing on the edge of the school; I felt my hands getting sweaty, and my head dizzy.
“CHARLIE!” I shouted. “What are you doing?!” I was shocked.
“Oh lovely Samantha, you are everything to me, don’t ever forget that,” he said looking at me, smiling. He had tears in his eyes though. “I wished I could stay with you liked I promised; an eternity. But our love wasn’t planned, we fell in love but it didn’t change my mind on the way I feel about this life,” he was now crying, and when I thought he couldn’t make a step back, he did.
“CHARLIE DON’T DO IT; I LOVE YOU,” I screamed with tears in my eyes; I couldn’t believe this, or stand watching this either.
“I LOVE YOU CHARLIE,” I started sobbing. “I can’t go through life without you, you are my life saver, and the only one I trust,” I cried louder; he was peacefully standing there, just smiling at me.
“Don’t stop me. If you want our love to be eternal then let me go to sky; because only sky is eternal,” Charlie said looking into my soul. In that moment I realised that was the last time I was seeing Charlie, and I didn’t want that to happen.
“No.” I cried louder, running to him. “We could make our love eternal and you don’t have to leave, I promise.”
He threw something to the floor; and then I realised what it was, a gun.
“CHARLIE?”
“What?”
“You love me right? Don’t do it if you love me Charlie, please!” I was going crazy about this guy; I’d never cried like that before. “Together, Forever... remember?”
“And always,” he whispered, and threw himself to the back; like he was an angel and his mission was done here.
“CHARLIE,” I screamed, I shouted to him; but he couldn’t hear me anymore. He was gone, forever. I had lost my everything, my love, my life, and my reason to be who I was right then and the saddest part was…
He didn’t love me.
The next month, as planned, I left to London swearing to myself that I was never going to love anyone else like I loved Charlie, and that anyone else could ever love me as much as he did.
Or at least that’s what I thought.
